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The US is starting to look like Berlusconi's Italy 30 years ago in this regard... The only difference is that Berlusconi was Italian and could be elected, when politicians were not obeying as he expected.

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> US is starting to look like Berlusconi's Italy 30 years ago

Call a spade a spade. It’s looking like South Africa. Our government has been coöpted by South African patronage politics.

> The US is starting to look like Berlusconi's Italy 30 years ago in this regard...

Ever since 2016, I've been offering these small apologies to the people of Italy when the subject comes up online.

Before, I wondered what was wrong with them for such a blatant crook stay in power, confident that It Couldn't Happen Here.

Uh what? If I got fired from a private company security would also remove me

I guess one minor distinction is the piece of legislation Congress passed that outlines the specific process for firing Fong, which was not followed, whereas I assume you have no such protection on your job?

Just a minor distinction though!

I guess it must have been an official act

This mistaken belief that government works like a corporation is the essence of fascism. Corporations are inherently authoritarian, government should not be. The entire point of bureaucracy is that supreme power should not vest into one person, but rather be divided amongst many people and mediated by a system of rules.

You can have entirely seperate governing entities complete with their own taxes and elections. The most interesting part imho is that people not even bother voting if the entity does its job properly.

If you were at a private company there would probably not be a rule that the board (qua Congress) had to be given 30 days notice of your termination, with documentation of cause.

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